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BELGIUM URGES PARLEY 0X RUHR Time at Hand for Direct Con- versations, Says Reply to British. SIX WOMEN TAKEN IN DRY RAIDS HERE Police in Southwest Section Get 50 Gallons of Liquor in Round-Up of Bootleggers. Fifty gallons of liquor wer: in eight ralds in southwest W ton last night by a squad from the fourth precinct working under super- vision of Capt. Sheetz and Lieut. Holmes. 1g those arrested were 2 Woodey and Calvin Woodey of 931 Devlins court, Sarah Thomas and ness of exchanging diplomatic notes | over the reparation question has been exhausted; the allied governments have completed their study of the problem, and the time has arrived for resump- tion of dfrect conversations between | the These are the con clusions of ium's reply to the lat the British foreign se -\‘ [ est note fror Belgian governme lope, that inasmuch emier. Poincare nor Prime | aldwin seem hostile to the | sotiations on the ques- tlon, “which has been greatly clarified by the documents exchanged, should be scheduled as soon as possible. FRENCH GIVE APPROVAL. neither Minister id Belgian Reply Sumbitted to Paris Before Sent On. By the Associated Press. PAR August The French EOvel nt ent approves the Belgian reply to the British note, it was announced at the French minis- try of forcign affairs this evening. The . reply wus sent to Parls for Premier Poincare's consideration last night. M. Poincare has informed Foreign Minister Jaspar that he has no reser- vatlons to make, either in the spirit or letter of the document, and that as far as the rnment is concerned, the at_entire liberty to d it to the British foreign office exactly as drawn' up. NEW ENGLAND COAL BINS WELL SUPPLlED’ Shipment of 120,035 Cars of An- thracite This Year, Against 50,560 Last. A possible i ation of the status: of | w England was given the An Railway Association in 4 tabulation of ship- ments showing that between January 1 and August 18 of this year 120,035 cars of anthracite had been shipped and points,”compared to during the same period of 95.409 cars. s the ' Corre- sponding period of 1931, B shipped into beginning of 19: t 18 amounted to 126,973 responding figure last | 99 cars, in_ 1321 it was 20 It ‘was 129710, and 365 Bituminp tidewater f¢ shipment to in th seven 9 totalted 7 5.846,71% In 19; fcan announced ugust 20 | vear tons of bitumi- | nous coal was dumped into wessels | at Lake : ports for transpor.ion | up the This total is the largest | during corresponding period for six year: UCHIDA INSTALLED AS TOKIO PREMIER | By the Associated Press. TOKIO, August suya Uchida ween J —Viscount Ya- { was formally installed today by Crown Prince Hirohito as &cting premier of Japan, succeeding temporarily the late Premier Kato. Following his installation the act- | pg premier proceeded to collect the resignations of the Kato cabinet for presentation to the crown. It is un- derstood he will serve in a temporary capacity until Kato's successor chosen, SIGHT OF AMBULANCE REVIVES INJURED MAN is Painter Falls 30 Feet, Doctors Stand Aghast as He Suddenly Recovers, Walks Away. Bpecial Dispateh to The Star. SW YORK. August 25.—Joseph | Orlick, & painter of Bayonne, fell! thirty fect from a scaffold today. An | ambulance was called and a crowd gathered. As two interns stood over him Orlick opened his eves saw the open cases of instruments, thé ambu- lance and a stretcher. He jumped to his feet as the crowd and doctors stood aghast. “Nothing doing” he yelled as he fled the scene. “I'm not hurt as bad as all that. MARKETS BUREAU SHIFT TO HOOVER REPORTED LIKELY (Continued from First Page.) below the July estimate, but repre- sentatives of the wheat farmers say that it was the July estimate which | slumped the price beyond recovery. They also say that the latest esti- mate is too high, both for this year's production in the United States and world production and carry over. So it comes about that many farm- ers' spokesmen are willing to let Mr. Hoover take the markets to his orphan asylum in the hope that Mr. Wallace can then do a better job by crop estimates and warehouse regulations. There is, apparently, very little resentment toward Secre- tary Wallace himself. Noboly among the sentries here doubts the genulne- ness of his interest in the welfare of the farmer. The resignation of Assistant Secre- tary Pugsley and the reorganization of the states relations’ service are sald to afford a favorable opportu- nity for the further changes now expected. “Summing it all up,” said a farm- er who occuples one of the lookout boxes in Washington, “the bureau of agricultural economics was to be the Moses to lead us out of bondage. It has run true to Mosaic form so far as getting us snarled up in the wilderness is concerned. But it can't seem to jar down the manna.’” Official Seures just’ made public show that the large majority. of Lon- don'ns, working women are single. Thj a ew., wl::;nsn are engaged with the excep- tions of lodging-house keepers and charwomen, among whom married women predominatey { hou | police station. o’)avery. occupation -in ‘wWhich{ rter of 125 G street south- Jdady of 103 3d street Jess mith of apartment and James Downs of apartment 3, 3 3d_street southwest; Mary Mitch- 11 of 311 Quinn’s court, John Howard B-and-a-half street southwest, Hardy of 350 H street south. southwes 1 west. Charges of violation of the national bition act were preferred cich of the prisoners. emen participating in the raid included Sergt. Harney and Privates Carlton Tally and Milton Smith. Rev- nue Agent O'Riley accompanied the policemen. RELATIVES GRILLED INGIRL'S MURDER Cobbler Arrested as Author of Letters Found in Pillow of Slain Bride. By the Associated Press. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Au- 25.—Authorities investigating terfous slaying of Mrs. Elsie Suttle, the seventeen-year-old bride, Who was found in a dying condition ¢ question- ed several of her relatives, From her mother, Mrs. E. C. Lowe, police sald they obtained informa- tion, which resulted in the arrest in Denver of Jack Fernandez, a cob- bler, as the alleged author of the five letters found under the girl's pillow. Mrs. Lowe also is said to have given the police other valuable information. R. H. Suttle, jr., husband of the slajn woman, told the police his wife often expressed a desire to return to Denver and live and they “had slight arguments over the question.” d that he became suspicious one was prowling about his se and loaded a shot gun, only to find later that the shot had been re- moved from the shell Florence Manley of Denver, a friend of young Mrs. Suttle, Suttle’s parents and Mr. Lowe, her stepfather a) were questioned. Police did not di close the results of these examin: tions; COBBLER ARRESTED. Said to.Be Author of Letters Dead Girl Received. DENVER, Colo., August 25.—"Jack" Fernandez, Denver cobbler, sald to {have been the author of letters found under the pillow of Mrs. Elsie Jorgen- on Suttle, seventeen-year-old bride, fatally beaten ‘In her bed at Colorado Springs last Thursday, was arrested here late today. g Fernandez is held for investigation. Police prepared to question him in connection with his alleged ac- quaintance with Mrs. Suttle. He is twenty years old. A search of Fernandez room, ac- cording to police, disclosed u number of letters. These were taken to the According to officers, the handwriting was sald to bear a close resemblance to missives found in Mrs. Springs. 200,000 GOITER CASES ARE FOUND IN CHICAGO Three-Fourths of Those Affected Are Children—Iodine Cure Proposed. : By the Associated Press. 1ICAGO, August 25.—More than 200,000 persons in Chicago, three- fourths of them children of school age, are suffering from goiter, a dis- ease common to the great lakes basin, according to Health Commissioner Herman Bundesen. Dr. Bundesen said the cause of the affliction was lack of fodine in the system and advocated administration of a dose of thirty grains of lodine over a ten-day period in the fall and spring to each child as a preventive and cure. Speelal Dispateh to The St HARPERS FERRY, Va., August 25. —Has Lee Houser, who found a buried treasure beneath a rock on the ©old Brownsville-Weaverton road on Thursday, started his long retiré- ment? His fellow workers who saw him find the box of gold believe he has. Lee did not show up for work today and & neighbor brought the word that he wasn't coming agaln and that he would devote the remainder of the fall months to harvesting his crops. Lee was digging in his late potatoes today and was reluctant about being questioned concerning the fortune he is reported to have found. When Lee did not show up for work this morn- ing the belief that he really had found a fortune large enough to en- able him to spend a few workless Years, as he had informed his fellow workers_after tucking the treasure box in his shirt he intended doing, gained considerable credence. The theory that the treasure box, which Houser had found, was one which Grover Cleveland Bergdoll haa told federal authoritles he had hid- den in the mountains near Hagers. town and upon the search for which he secured his release form prison the time he éscaped, was blasted. when Charles Ingram, road supervisor ‘for that district, declared that the many boulders, which were being removed from the road, now being converted into a county highway, had been there for & half century and that the one which covered the box which Houser found, had never been moved from its place-as long as he could recall. The rock had been worn smooth by the travel for seventy-five years. This same road had been used before the civil war, where the first settlers in that part of Washington county had opened the road to Wev- erton, where it met the highway be- tween Harpers Ferry and Washing- ton. . 3 " Twe Theories Advanced. Residents advance two theories as to how the box full of money got there, They belleva it Was hiddsa Suttle's effects at Colorado | HOPE I5 ABANDONED IN BABY KIDNAPING Mother Sees Little Chanqe of Return of Missing Lil- lian McKenzie. NEW YORK, August 25.—The ‘day’s most probable clues to the discovery of three-month-old Lilliam McKenzle, having proved as futile as all the others, the police and detectlves have run down, since the baby was kid- naped from her perambulator in front of a store a week ago. Mrs. Peter McKenzle, the distracted mother, gave up hope tonight. One “clue” came from Philadelphia Where the finding of an infant in a park was reported. The infant, how- ever, proved to be a boy. In this city the finding of a baby on the stalrs in a subway raised the hope of the searchers, but again they were dlsappointed, the baby was not Lil- Han. Afraid to Return Her. Between sobs. Mrs. McKenzie ex- pressed her belief tonight that the persons who stole her little girl, who was in delicate health and under spe- clal care, would be afraid to return her now, for fear of proseccution. “But there is nothing to fear,” ehe isald. “All we want is the child. We {don't care about prosecution, in spite of the cruelty of the deed.” Various defectives assigned to the case said they were willing to forego a possibility of arresting the kidnap- ers if they could get the slightest clue to the baby's whereabouts. The telephone company has been asked to have ity inspectors watch booth centers for calls that might have any bearing on the case. Milk companies also have been asked to instruct there drivers to report all in- stances where they learn of a sickly baby needing speclal care. Welrd Ceremonies. Mrs. McKenzie, willing to try any- thing which might lead to her child's recovery, had resorted to those who professed to have Dowers. An incantation In Gern begun last midnight in the dark c lar of the building where the Me- Kenzies live. ended this afternoon With a seance in Throggs neck, on Pelham bay, and the women who con- ducted the weird ceremonies sald the child would be returned by Tuesd. or Thursday. A police woman icd Mrs’ McKenzie at seances.” “Parking” of babies at many of the larger shops throughout the city has increased since the McKenzfe kid- naping. Shop attendauts cspecialiy employed to " look after ‘“checked’ babies lterally had thelr hands full. Police were doubly vigilant, where some mothers, less terrified than others, left their offspring in baby carriages outside shops while they made hasty purchases. FREE TWO SUSPECTS IN TROUTON MURDER Georgia Authorities Release Men After They Are Exonerated. Eight Others in Inquiry. By the Acsoclated Press. - NEWNAN, Ga. . August 25.—Ben Minter and Ben)Freeman, two of the i ten men originally suspected in con- nection with the murder of Millard Trouton, have been exonerated from | any connection with the crime, Sherift | Carpenter announced today. | Both men are at liberty tonight, although eight other suspects are still being held for investigation by the grand jury Monday week. Sheriff Carpenter said none of the prisoner: have demanded a preliminary trial and no further action will be taken ;mm the case is laid before the grand ury. Trouton’s body was found in a creek near here about a fortnight ago. County authorities say they have secured a confession from John Minter, Trouton's father-in-law, in which ‘he is saild to have admitted shooting Trouton to death because {he whipped his wife. The shooting is alieged to have taken place before six membera of the Minter family. Three Minter boys and three sons-in- law are among those being held. PLEDGES U. S. DOUéHBOYS WILL BE TRUE TO RECORD LONDO! August 25.—Alvin M. Owsley, national commander of the American Leglon, at a luncheon giv- en by the Britlsh government today | said "that if the same issues were to arise today as in 1514-17 the British would find Yankee doughboys by their side ready to defend the inter- jest of justice and humanity, |, He complimented the British upon their contribution to American citi- zenship and asserted they were not sending enough of their people to America. an, both i { \Treasure Find Believed Hidden During Perilous Civil War Days during the civil war either by some resident, who thought it a place where it would be safe until the in- vading armles had gone or by some paymaster of the Army, who met death during the many skirmishes there and was never able to return to get it. The box it was said was similar to the metal containers which Army paymasters used in the war. During the early days of the war, the armies of both the north and south fought back and forth across those mountains and there are a few old residents there who still recall having hidden their valuables until the war had been ended. Time and agaln thelr homes had been visited and ransacked by little bands of soldiers. Mrs. Mary A. Usherman, now dead, who lived in the little stone house in front of which the box of gold was found, may have hidden the money. The woman made her home there for over half a century. She was always known as a very thrifty woman, but when she died she apparently had nothing. Shortly after her death, seven years ago, it is known that the ©old house was searched in a vain ef- fort to find money which she was belleved to have had, but none was found. - Sees No Claim. ' Her daughter, Mrs. Ollle Hoffmas- ter, who lives at Sandy Hook, Wash- ington county, sald that it might have been hidden by her mother, but that she did not believe that she could clalm f{t because it had not been found on her mother’s property. The county which now owns the road will take no action to recover the money which Houser found, it was said. No one. believes Houser will ever tell how much he really did find, and nd doubt -the -amount will- pever . be knowr. "Héiser, ft Is safd, fears some one will try to take it from him, and this accounts for his re- fusal to discuss bhia Sod tnggpen spiritualistfe | 1923—PART ' 1 CAPITAL DELEGATES TO DENVER CONVENTION OF NATIONAL FEDERATION OF FEDERAL EMPLOYES CLINEDINST. No. 105; J. Lower, left to right: Miss Belle Printing, No. 105; Dr. J. Franklin | Lindsey. delegate from Treasury Do UNIONS T0 PROBE INJUNGTION ABUSE Gompers Names Committee After Advising Disregard of Court Action. By the Assoctated Press. CHICAGO, August 25.—Samuet Gompers, president of the American | Federation of Labor, who recently! declared a federal injunction issued here against unlon organizers sollcit- | ing non-unfon dressmakers was an invasion of constitutional rights and a further declaration in Milwaukee that judges Issuing such injunctions should be impeached, today named a |commmee of fitteen labor leaders to | Investigato “the uses and abuses of { tederal {njunctions.” Mr. Gompers made John Fitzpat- {rick, president of the Chicago Fed- teration of Labor, chairman, as he in | dicated he would in his address her, on August 16 denouncing the injunc- + tlon issued by Federal Judge Carpen- ter against the dressmakers and which Mr. Gompers declared he would disregard and advise others to vio- late because it deprived the workers of their constitutional rights. Under the injunction, union organ- izers were forbidden to talk to non- union workers or approach them in thelr efforts to unionize the industry. The other_members of the commit- | tee are all labor heads with Chicago { headquarters. Federal Judge Cliffe today modified the temporary injunction granted re- cently by Judge Carpenter to permit the International Ladies’ Garment Workers' representatives 1o talk with employes “in a peaceable man- ner.” The unfon also was permit- ted to station one representative at each point of vantage at the com- plainant’s plant. WARREN NOT IN RACE FOR POST IN MEXICO Denies He Will Consider Ambas- sadorship if Proffered to Him. By the Assoclated Pres: DETROIT, August 25.—Charles B. ‘Warren, former ambassador to Japan and recently high commissioner to Mexico, returned here today and at once issued a statement silencing ru- mors that he might become ambas- sador to Mexico, If the reports and recommendations formulated by him- pelt and John Barton Payme, in col- laboration with Mexican commis- sloners, were appraved. In his statement Mr. Warren sald: “I regard my mission as completed. Therefore, under no circumstances would I accept appointment as am- bassador to Mexico, and I have so in- formed President Coolidge and Secre- tarv of State Hughes.” Mr. Warren said he had no doubt but that the report and recommenda- tions formulated during the confer- ences at Mexico City from May 14 to August 15 would be accepted by the United States. FIANCEE UNDER AGE, ROMANCE HITS ROCKS| As Ivy Carlisle, fourteen years old, of Leesburg, Va., and William E, San- bower, twenty-one, of 3348 Prospect avenue, her flance, stepped off the| Washington and Old Dominion elec- tric train from Leesburg at the Georgetown station yesterday, head- ing for the courthouse and a mar- raige license, they walked Into the arms of Policeman ‘Nash of the seventh precinct—and another ro- mance struck a snag. Relatives of Miss Carlisle had noti- fled the police of thé couple’s depar- ture as soon as they discovered it. The result was that Capt. Bean sent Nash down to meet them. Ivy maintained strenuously that she was elghteen years of age. Police doubted it. Sanbower was n:t he‘l:. isle was detained at the sent to eLesburg by Lieut. Emerson of the detective bureau that the wed- ding plans had been squelched. Mrs. R. A. Castle, cousin to San- bower, and sister-in-law to Ivy's sis- ter, had .Mx‘ox?;panled the ~young Cof Pt Wight fvy's sister, Mrs. W. E. Castle, came -here from -Leesburg and took the youthful prospective bride back home s Upper, left to right: Mixs Belle Linquist, dele; Sdward Horland, delegate from Me; L. Cook, delegate from War Department Local, No. 261. ibetween this date and August 31 the A. Troul delegate from it Loeal, N PINCHOT GIVES PROMISE TO EXHAUST EVERY MEANS TO BRING MINE ROW END (Continued from First Page.) Bureaun of Standard: 262, tract being In effect,” the order sald, “a suspension of mining will auto- matically take place at midnight, Au- gust 31, 1923, The operators have not yet made a request for mainte- nance men to remaln at work during the suspension, consequently such men, having no agreement for wages or conditions of employment, are af- fected by the automatic suspension. If anthracite operators desire to confer with your representatives regarding the employment of maintenance men, and If a satigfactory agreement can be made concerning hours and wages for such men, the proper union of- ficers will then be notified.” The proviso dealt with the neces- sity which exists for keeping pump- men engineers and some under- ground workers on duty continually in the anthracite region, lest the mines flood and cave in to an extent that might mean thelr permanent ruin. The employers and the union have left the matter unsettled so far. Refuse Arbitration. Mr. Lewls' second document was a copy of a reply sent by him to_ the Syracuse, N. Y. Chamber of Com- merce, which yesterday forwarded to him a resolution urging the union to arbitrate its wage and other de- mands. “Sad as it may seem to the Syra- cuse Chamber of Commerce, the mine workers have no intention of agreeing to arbitration in the -an= thracite industry,” the reply ran. “T can appreciate that your members probably know very little about ar- bitration and believe it is a panacea for all {lls. The anthracite mine workers know better; they have tried it before. Long experience in participating in many arbitration ar- rangements thrust upon them by well meaning friends of the coal op- erators has taught the mine workers they cannot thus secure a judicial rectification of thelr wrongs. “The report of the United States Coal Commission shows that more than 90.000 of the men employed in the anthracite industry receive $4.20 per day or less. May 1 suggest that you hold another meeting of your | chamber and devise some other means for settlement of the present contro- versy?' Verbally, the miners’ president like- wise made a brief disposal of rumors that a sympathetic strike of bitumi. nous miners might follow the anthra- cite suspension. “The United Mine Workers’ organ- tzation intends tp keep its contracts,” he said. ‘Most of the bituminous miners are now running urder wage contracts which do not expire before next April.” U. S. EXPERTS SEE HARD COAL PEACE (Continued from First Page.) at the City Club at 12:30 tomorrow to, discuss the local coal situation. It is understood that Engineer Commissioner Bell, who is inquiring into the fuel problem for the city government, has been invited to the meeting, which is to be & regular ses- sion of the Coal Merchants Board of} Trade. It wag learned last night that dur-\ ing the past few days householders | have been descending upon thelr dealers in increasing numbers, seek- ing as much hard coal as they can t. !Dealers are delivering anthracite, to their regular customers as fast as it arrives, with the result that there is a_ comparatively small amount stored on the various fuel dumps. Regulation Doubtful. ‘Whether the District Commissto ers will seek to regulate deliveriesygers of soft coal for domestic pur- ! inter to insure fair distribution, :?.w:l done last year, 18 still doubt- 1. { {“Althnugh Commissioners Oyster and | Bell are following closely every' de- velopment in the anthracite situation, it is known that they will not take hasty action. If the latest move to prevent a strike taken by Gov. Pinchot of Penn- isylvania should fail and the anthra. ines.close on September 1, the Commisaioners - will - take whaiever steps appear necessary at that time. Commissioner Rudolph, chairman of the Board of Commissieners, will re- turn from his vacation before Septem-. ber 1 to join his colleagues in consid- eration of the coal situation. INSURANCE MEN GUESTS. Vice President Legg Is Host to Looal Club at Leesburg. .’ E. K. Legg, Jr., entertained the mem- bers of the Insurance Clab of Wash- n at the country estate of W. B. o &t Loosburg, Va, last Tuesday: Tha club was represented by about thirty members. Plenty of ‘entertain- ment was furnished by the:club’s vice president, Mr. Legg. The most popu- lar of the sports indulged In was golf, played on Mr. Hibbs' private course. An -old- fashioned country.bam and chicken dinner was served by the Bosty -4 | Union, Burean of Engraving Union, Bureau of Engraving a | fore the close of navigation. CLlNEOINST, d Printing, Printing, No. 249, and Miss Ines d, delegnte from Women's Union, Bureau of Engraving and |se s, Local No. 260, and Miss Roberta L. 32,000,000 TONS HARD GOAL MINED 45 Per Cent of Annual Out- put Sold or Ready to Sell. D. C. Has Share. By the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK, August Thirty- two milllon tons of hard. coal in do- mestic sizes will be fn the bins of consumers or In storage awaiting dis- tribution by September 1, the date of the threatened suspension of min- ing, the anthraclte bureau of informa- tion estimated today. This figure represents, roughly, 45 per cent of the meventy million tons of fresh mined anthracitp consumed by the forty-elght states, Canada and Mexico each yvear. It represents 35 Per cent of a total annual production of ninety million tons, including coal used at the mines, sold to the govern- | ment or to railroads or mined by the Hudson Coal Company, which does not publish data on ite business. Since April 1 the mines have far exceeded all records for production, according to the anthracite bureau. Since June 1 they have averaged 2 000,000 tons a week, or at the rate o 104,000,000 tons a year. “We' are far ahead of the usual schedule,” sald a statistician of the bureau. “We are ahead of custom- ary shipments not only in New York but in Boston, Minneapolis. Chicago, Duluth and all through the north- west.” Northwest Prepared. The northwestern group of coal using states and western Canada are considered in the most fortunate po- sition, in view of the possibility of a stoppage in production. Ten mil- lion tons have been shipped up the: groat lakes. _Distributors believe this assures sufficient coal to all the commonwealths served by the lakes, including the principal hard coal using _states, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and the Dakotas. Mine operators and shippers say that, as has been true in the east this summer, the coal has disappeared from great lakes' docks and storage plants much more rapidly than usual, due to last year's strike shortages and the stimulation of the public to buy early. Thus there is reported less coal concentrated at lake ports than usual. East Is Restricted. Distribution of anthracite to New England, the middie Atlantic states and the south has been restricted until recently, in order that the northwest might _be stocked up be- Con- sequently the latter regions have received smaller percentages of the winter supply, although they, too, have been shipped more than the customary tonnage to date. The estimated quotas for New Eng- land are: Maine, 456,000 tons; New Hampshire, 192,000; Vermont. 75,000; Massachusetts, 3,500,000 tons; Rhode 1sland, 504.300; Connecticut, 1,663,000. Of this total about 3,000,000 tens or 45 per cent has been shipped or allotted. A smaller percentage of the annual quota has been shipped to states far- | New “York state, includ- | ther south, ing the city. has received 3.800.000 tons of the 11,000,000 it is expected to require. The bureau of information estimates that the same ratio hasbeen maintainéd in the following states: New -Jersey, 4,625,000; Pennsylvania, 7,005.000; Delaware, 212,200; Maryland, 982,600; Virginia, 223,200, and the Dis- trict of Columbia, 530,000, South Has Little Ceal. Very little coal has thus far been shipped to the southern states, or to such of the central states as depend upon rail rather than whter transpor- tation for supplies. according to the estimates. - These, howevar, ‘are large poses, and the climate eliminates much of the facter-bf phystcal suffer- ing_ which_enters into" the need for early distribution in more northern commonwealths. Several far-western states are al- most independent of the Pennsylvania mines. California doés riot use any of the product, nor do Colorado and Ida- ho. Montana uses only 600 tons a year; Oregon, 149; Washington, 30, and Wyoming, 20, —_— CAMP VOICES REGRET. Sons of Veterans Honor Memory of Mr. Harding. Resolutions expressing: to Mrs. ‘wll:dnp sympathy over the death of the late President were adupted Friday night by William B. erans, which held i gular meeting in_the Knights of Pythias building. Offclal announcement of the death of President Harding was made by Commander A. DeGroot, who called to the attention of the mem- bers that the late executive belonged to a camp of the same order inj Marion. A special committee was appoint- | od to prepars the resolutions and immediately after their adoption the meeting wijourned out-of respect to the memory, of the Jate President. ‘Cushing Camp, No. 30, Sons of Vet- | | SECRETARY DAVIS COOLIDGE BACKER Says No Man Is Better Fitted for 1924 Nomination Than New President. By the Assoriated Press. PITTSBURGH, Pa, August “There s no man in the country bet- | ter fitted for the 192 republican | nomination for the presidency than Calvin Coolidge,” declared Secretary | of Labor James J. Davis here toda cretary Davis, who is director g eral of the Loyal Order of Moose, v the guest of honor tonight al reception given by Western Pennsyl- | vania Moose lodges, and returned (n} Washington later in the evening. After paying tribute to Mr. Coolidge for the aid he gave Mr. Harding's cabinet at its official mectings, Sec- retary Davis continued: Has Won Admiration. “Calvin Coolldge has won the ad- miration and respect of the country since his first entrance into public life. That admiration and respect had grown since his election to the vice presidency and his elevation, through the death of Warren G. Harding, to the presidency. He has proved in his few years at Washington that he is the right man in the right place Therefore, the republican party will name him as its candidate and the people of the country, because they are fair and just, will elect him.” The Secretary of Labor reiterated his proposal for the selection of im- migrants in their home countries and declared his intentlon of engaging he attention of Congress at its next ssfon with this in view PLANES PROVE CAPACITY TO PROTECT SEABOARD (Continued from First Page.) tlc ocean shores and into the main- land of Maine to Bangor. This dis- tance was completed in 8 hours and 15 minutes. Landing in a pasturs about a mile outside of the city and greeted by virtually the entire population, the bombers were able to take care of themselves. Tents were pitched, cooking utensils were brought for- ward, including a stove, and the men were In possession of a complete | camp. Throughout the journey up the coast, Gen. Mitchell, with head- quarters at York Beach, Me., was in constant communication with the filers. In his own airplane he flew to Langley on the return trip. A wind of an approximate velocity of seventy-five miles per hour was responsible in part for the bombers remaining in Bangor until Thursday, on which day the planes divided into four fiights and took off for different destinations. One flight of eight ships flew to Hartford, Conn., another of three planes to Rye Beach, N. Y. a third of two, to York Beach, and | four planes in the fourth filght flew | to Boston. Stops were made at these | places for fuel and then the fiights | | were continued to Mitchel Field, | Mineola, Long Island, where Thurs- {day night was spent. Hopping off from Mitchel Friday afternoon the planes retraced their route and landed at Langley shortly | jafter five o'clock. The bomber pi-| loted by Lieut. Clarence £. Shankle| broke a connecting rod at Cape May | and was forced down. Spare parts| were dellvered yesterday morning, and the plane finished its journey. Capt. Lloyd L. Harvey's plane also broke a connecting rod at the start | of the filght Monday. but after a day's | ‘lay-over at Langley Field, he pro- | | ceeded north alone and joined the | group. The bombers wers joined at Mitchel Field by two Martins that had flown up from Aberdeen, and on arriving at the Long Island field on | the return journey they diverted| | their course again to Aberdeen. In addition to the bombers, five De! Haviland 4-B observation planes| made the trip and at Mitchel Field| a group of six more made the fiight( to Bangor. Maj. John N. Reynolds was the group commander. Other bomber| pilots were: Capt. Harvey, Lieut. H.| D. Smith, Lieut. Edward M. Robbins, | Lieut. James Woodruff, Lieut. Har. rison G. Crooker, Capt. Edward C.| Black, Lieut. Francls P. Booker, |Lieut. Ross F. Cole, Lieut. Lotha A.| Smith, Lieut. Dale V. Gaffney, Lieut. James L. Grisham, Lieut. John F.| ! Whiteley, Lieut. Shankle, Lieut. {Willlam Poyd and Lieut. Charles B. ;Austin. Licut. Richard Bleakley and {Lleut. D. Myers were from Aberdeen. | {The planes flew in three flights of nine, five and five ships, respectively. Each filght commander wore a radlo telephono headset, enabling him to | ireceive orders broadcast by Maj. ! Reynolds while piloting the leading| ship of the leading formation. Landing facllitles were excellent and plentiful along the entire route from New York to Bangor. No forced landings were made, but it was evident to those in the air that the beaches provided places equal to any prepared field. The fiight was a prelude to the an- nual bombing exhibition to be given off Cape Hatteras In a few weeks. —_— WILL NOT CANCEL BIRKENHEAD TALK (Continued from First Page.) i | SIr Alfred Cope, who ‘was under sec- i retary for Ireland during part ot the iLloyd George administration. Mr. Davis intimated the conference had nothing to do with the Breckenridge letter, which he sald he had received and would “answer in due time.” Mr. | Davis would give no expression as to | whether he thought Viscount Birken- { head's ‘utterances were Indiscreet. Col. Breckenridge said he will not | Attend the ‘bar association conven- Ition in Minneapolls. He had not in- | | tended to attend, any way, he sald, jand the speech of Viscount Birken- i {head did not, therefore, cause him to ichange his plans. —— SHIPSTEAD'S SECRETARY. MINNEAPOLIS, August 25.—Henry Ronning of Glenwood, Minn., former probate judge of Pope county, has ‘been named secretary to Henrik Shipstead, United States senator- elect. from Minnesota, it was an- nounced tonight, | the | Goldie | closely guarded to pre {rested in Bartles | Azores and the Azores-Havre | building, ANOTHER OFFICIAL QUITS D. . SERVICE. Assistant Health Officer Boteler to Get Higher Pay in South Dakota. Another District official, Assi Health Officer George M. Boteler, re- signed yesterday to accept a better paying position outside of Washing- ton. A week ago Thomas E. Landvoigt, heating and ventilating engineer in wunicipal architect’s office, sub- itted his resignation to accept the offer of a heater company in Utica, N. Y. Dr. Boteler, ta who has been in the # District service for less than a y is to become health officer of in South Dakota than he rec City offi e frequent resignations emphasize the need for reclassification in the munic! fce, where galaries a; than those paid the federal deps The position of ficer has been times during th o resignat appropriation act allows only 10 Dr. Boteler came to W last winter from the h ment of St. Joseph, Mo, natlon is effective § town at a higher salary for this po. ash His re ember 22, DENIES HE HEADED TRAIN BANDIT GANG - Charles Johnson, Alleged Leader in $30,000 Theft, Given Hearing in Court. By the Associated Press PAWHUSKA, Okla, Charles Johnson, who. was the “gentlemar headed the band which he Missourf, Kansas and Texas pass ger train near Okesa, Okla, Mo night and escaped with lfberty bonds and registered packages valued at approximately $20,000, was arraigned before George B Mellott, U States commissioner, here today entered a plea of not g bing the United s 1= 1y placed at $50,000 he was returned score of oth Batey, alleged asso. Spencer, notorious outlaw, arraigned Monday. Tralnmen Present. Eight of the trainmen who held up were here today. Each wa ent the pos- threat of deuth who appeared wore sible execution of ¢ made against any against th ) Several mien known to be friendly ¢ with some of those under arrest kavo appeared her: e suspects were brought her. are being closely watched. s Snider, ar- e when he was empted to dispose «s brought Lere alleged to have a ot liberty bonds today. T8TH GABLE ACROSS: ATLANTIC STARTED First Wire of Kind Was Laid 65 Years Ago—To Run 4,600 Miles, Is Said. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August The Grst step in the laylng of the elghteent jeable across the Atlantic was begu today, ten days after the sixty-fifth an niversary of the laying of the world'" first cable. Clarence H. Mackay, president of the Postal Telegraph Commercial Cable Company, and a group of distinguished engineers, directed the landing of the first seven miles of the new cable fronf the cable ship Faraday, anchored oft Far Rockaway, a nearby seashore re- sort. The new cable will run_under the Atlantic a total distance of 4.600 miles, by way of Nova Scotia and the Azores to Havre, France. It will be, completed October 15. Thousands See Laying. Thousands of bathers gathered ahos the little group of officials and mov picture men on the beach nd helped the sallors haul on the hawser to which the heavy cable was atta ed The new cable will have a of 1,200 letters a minute, 600 in elther direction and at the same time. In- corporating the latest sclentific dn- vices, it will be the longest and fast- est under water connection in the world and the first trans-Atlantic cable to be put down since 1910. The cable ship will leave tomor- row for Canso, N. §., laying tho cable behind her while steaming at eight miles an hour. Another cable ship, the Colonia, the largest cable ship in the world, fs en route to Canso, whence she will lay the Nova Scotia. seo- capacity tions. RUM SHIP IS ARMED.. British Schooner Seized in Gulf to Be Taken to Mobile. MOBILE, Ala, August 26.—The British schooner, Aramy, eelzed off Blloxi, Miss, yesterday, with a cargo of lliquor- consisting of from six to eight hundred casgs, will be brought from Mobile in order that her cargo may be stored at the local customs according to A. R. Noble, collector of port. The schooner was well protected agalnst rum pirates, according to No- ble, & large number of -former Ger- |man guns and other weapons being found aboard her. —_—_— PRINCE RUSPOLI SUICIDE. Italian Scion of Ancient Family Had Been in Ill Health. ROME, August 25.—Prince Don Bartolomeo Rusroli, aged forty, de- scendant of an ancient Roman fam-J 1ly, committed suicide today @t his country home néar Subfaco. He had been in 111 health for som time.